Monday night notes

By Phil Kornblut

WR Braxton Berrios of Raleigh visited North Carolina Monday where he met up with new Tar Heel assistant coach Ron West. USC is strong on Berrios who also has offers from East Carolina, Maryland, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, NC State and Kentucky. He attended two USC games last season.

OL Mason Cole of Tarpon Springs, FL was offered by Tennessee and Louisville Monday. He also has offers from Clemson, USC, Michigan, Notre Dame, Southern Cal, West Virginia, Florida State, Florida, South Florida, Central Florida and Georgia. He was at Clemson's junior day.

DE Andrew Williams of McDonough, GA talked with Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze Monday night and was told he's the #1 defensive end on their board. He also talked with Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher and might visit FSU this weekend. USC and Clemson are also among his nearly 30 offers. Williams attended USC's junior day and was at Georgia's recent junior day as well.

DE Bryson Allen-Williams of Ellenwood, GA plans to be at Georgia Tech Tuesday night for the North Carolina basketball game. Georgia Tech is one of is offers. He's been favoring USC over Georgia. He was at both of their junior days.

Auburn Monday offered Clemson WR target Jacob McCrary of Miami. He has been favoring Clemson over Florida State and Florida.

ATH Artavis Scott of Tarpon Springs, FL was offered Monday by Louisville. He has a Clemson and USC offer and attended Clemson's junior day.

USC head coach Frank Martin and assistant Matt Figger flew to California Monday for an in home visit and dinner with 7-0 center target Conor Clifford of Saddleback JC, CA according to Clifford's coach. 'I imagine they set up a visit with him," coach Andy Ground said. Ground did not know the date for the official visit but said he would be talking...

OL Clark Yarbrough (6-6 273) of Woodberry Forest, VA is one of the nation's most sought after offensive linemen, and as he comes down the stretch of his recruiting activities, Clemson and USC are both major players according to his coach. Yarbrough visited both schools earlier this month and both figure to be on his list when he makes his...

OL Branton Autry (6-4 320) of Coffeyville JC, KS is getting a lot of interest from USC these days and when he gets around to deciding on official visits he will take this summer and fall, he's confident the Gamecocks will get one.

Laurens DB Thomas Jones (6-3 200) is gaining momentum in recruiting circles. He recently was offered by North Carolina and Saturday he picked up an offer from USC while attending a junior day. He also has offers from Duke, Charlotte and Miami of Ohio and Clemson is showing some interest. He plans to go to Clemson for the spring game April 11th.

6-4 Jamall Gregory of Washington, DC made an official visit to USC over the weekend with his mother and he's now ready to make his college decision. Gregory said he plans to decide between the Gamecocks and Kansas State between now and Wednesday. He has not yet visited Kansas State.